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Illegal PAC Lion Hunts Offered In Zimbabwe

(posted February 19, 2010)

If you have booked or are considering a lion hunt in Zimbabwe represented as a Problem Animal Control (PAC) hunt, you should follow up with your operator or booking agent immediately. A number of such hunts have been offered to hunters for the Gwaai/Matetsi areas of Matabeleland North, Zimbabwe. These hunts are not legal. The only licenses issued for lion hunts in the Matabeleland North areas are for trophy lions.

PAC lion hunts are supposed to take place when there is a complaint from tribes people of marauding animals that are killing livestock or creating other problems. Although National Parks and Wildlife Management calculates an expected number of such problem lions in some areas, these animals are targets of emerging opportunities and the hunts are not supposed to be pre-sold as lower-priced alternatives to a trophy lion hunt.

Hunters who have purchased a PAC lion hunt should demand a copy of the PAC Permit or the Authority to Hunt a PAC lion. To make sure the permit is legitimate, you should forward a copy to Sally Bown (soaz@mweb.co.zw) of the Zimbabwe Professional Hunters & Guides Association (www.zphga.com). Please copy Hunting Report Editor Barbara Crown (Barbara@huntingreport.com) as well. Illegal operators are a detriment to hunting as a sport, to the sporthunting industry and to the clients who are placed at legal and financial risk. We are indebted to Bown for giving us a heads up on this latest development. - Barbara Crown, Editor.

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